Thursday, April 24, 2014

We were watching the missionaries at a recent stake event and noticed that there were sisters everywhere talking to everybody. On the other hand, there were quite a few elders who stayed in their seats or visited with other missionaries. Maybe it was a unique situation, but it kind of made me go hmmm...

Thursday, April 10, 2014

I read the reviews. I knew going in that it wasn't going to be an epic Charlton Heston/Cecil B. De Mille interpretation of Noah and the Ark. But I wasn't prepared for rock monsters, magic seeds, cannons and bad graphics repeating the story of Cain and Abel! It was so close to being a sword and sorcerer-type fantasy movie, I wish they would have taken it one more step and made that film.

Instead we got a meandering, plodding, abrasive movie in search of a genre that was based on names and plot devices suggested by Genesis, and drew on apocryphal sources for supplemental material whenever possible. Not only that, but Russell Crowe sang. Again! Wasn't Les Miserables enough?

On the plus side, there was Hermione.

A lot of folks have said that after seeing this film, they're going to go back and read the story in the Bible, just to refresh their memories. That could be a good thing, right?

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

This gag really isn't too far from the truth. There's a lot of pollen in the air around here this time of year. One of my coworkers actually does buy her tissue at one of the warehouse stores and has a stack of boxes she keeps under her desk because she goes through them so quickly in the springtime.

Monday, April 7, 2014

Bonus!
I've had a couple of seminary teachers ask if they could use my Conference Sketchbook for their classes. I've made a downloadable PDF that I'm happy to share –– I hope it works! If not, drop me a note and I can email it to you.

Friday, April 4, 2014

I look forward to the stuff they broadcast between sessions of General Conference. Not the promos for Granite Flats, food storage and family history websites, but things like the World Report.

This conference, there's a special program being aired: Scriptures Legacy. Not just because it looks like a good show (it's gotta be way better than the movie Noah*, but that's a different story), but also because my son had a hand in its production. He's working as a missionary at the Motion Picture Studio in the special effects department, and he's really excited to have it air. It plays both Saturday and Sunday. Tune in, enjoy, and watch for his name in the closing credits!

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

There were occasional culture clashes in our mission when the American elders had a tradition of celebrating a holiday that wasn't in the Korean holiday lexicon. Gags that we thought were hilarious were met with blank stares –– and rightly so.

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I've been cartooning since I was a teenager, and have been published in magazines ranging from AASHTO Quarterly to the New Era and several other periodicals, trade publications and newsletters.
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